News Archive
Developer Interview - Matt, Narrative Designer
Jan 31, 2019, 6:57:33 PM
We recently hired a new Narrative Designer, Matt, who helped work on our recent lore-heavy expansion, Betrayal! We took a moment to get some insights about Matt's role and his working life.
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3.5.3 Patch Notes
Jan 30, 2019, 5:35:04 PM
While we're hard at work on our upcoming 3.6.0 expansion and its announcement, we're also finishing preparing the next big update for the ongoing Betrayal League. Alongside fixes and improvements for Betrayal, the 3.5.3 patch includes performance improvements and fixes for various crashes and bugs. We're planning to deploy this update by the end of this working week. In the meantime, check out a preview of its patch notes!
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Chris Wilson will Speak at the Game Developers Conference 2019
Jan 29, 2019, 4:58:25 PM
At this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this March, Chris will present a talk entitled "Designing Path of Exile to be Played Forever". While the scheduled date and time for the talk has yet to be locked down, this post describes what the talk covers in case you're attending GDC and want to attend!
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Hideout Competition Highlights
Jan 28, 2019, 7:29:46 PM
We are in the fourth and final week of our Hideout Competition where you can win awesome prizes and showcase your excellent hideout creation skills. The competition ends on February 3rd (PST) so there's only a few days left to get your submissions in. In the meantime, we've rounded up more highlights from the submissions so far into a video for you to watch! Read More.
Path of Exile 3.6.0 will not support Windows XP or Vista
Jan 27, 2019, 4:32:11 PM
As of March's 3.6.0 update, Path of Exile will not work with the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating systems. Today's news post outlines these changes in further detail. Read More.
Stash Tab Sale This Weekend - New Sentinel Portal
Jan 24, 2019, 10:02:42 PM
This weekend we're holding a sale on every type of stash tab! We've also just introduced the new Sentinel Portal, a statuesque effect that's bound to look great alongside your map device. Don't forget, Kammells race event happens this weekend! Be sure to tune in live on Twitch. Read More.
Grinding Gear Games is Hiring!
Jan 24, 2019, 9:13:02 PM
The Grinding Gear Games team is continuing to expand. We're currently looking for a Community Junior, Web Developer, Senior C++ Engine Programmer and more Customer Support members! Read More.
What We're Working On
Jan 23, 2019, 5:54:28 PM
Last week we posted an outline of our development plans for 2019. We also wanted to keep you up-to-date about what we're specifically working on at the moment. Read More.
Hideout Competition Highlights
Jan 22, 2019, 8:07:23 PM
We're only in the third week of our Hideout Competition and we're blown away by how many terrific submissions we've already seen. We've collected a few of the highlights so far and put them into a video but rest assured there's plenty more highlights to come! Click here to check out the video! Read More.
Community Race Event This Weekend!
Jan 21, 2019, 5:50:47 PM
Community member Kammell has arranged a Hardcore Betrayal Duo Race this weekend. While this is not an officially-supported event, we're pleased to encourage the community to run events and engage in the competitive side of Path of Exile! Read More.
Patch 3.5.2 Notes
Jan 20, 2019, 6:51:32 PM
Within the next two days, we're planning to deploy Patch 3.5.2 which contains several small improvements to the game. In the meantime, we wanted to share the full patch notes with you to keep you in the loop regarding what we're working on. Read More.
Huge Sale on Weapon and Shield Microtransactions
Jan 17, 2019, 10:01:02 PM
We've just started a sale on weapon skins, shield skins and weapon effects with a hundred microtransactions available at discounted prices, including the Sin and Innocence weapon skins and weapon effects, Automaton and Wasteland skins and weapon effects and more! Check out the full list of specials here. Have a great weekend everyone!
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The Purple Crystal Armour Set and Cloak
Jan 17, 2019, 6:54:23 PM
We've just introduced the Purple Crystal Armour Set and its matching cloak. Designed in one of our favourite colours, the Purple Crystal Armour Set gives a whole new look to the one of the recently released armour sets. Check it out by watching this video or click here to get yours now.
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Sin and Innocence-themed Shields
Jan 16, 2019, 6:49:19 PM
We've just released three new shield skins, the Sin Shield, the Innocence Shield, and the Sin and Innocence Shield, which make a perfect match for the community-favourite armour sets! Click here to check them out in the store!
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Community Showcase
Jan 16, 2019, 4:49:24 PM
It's been more than a month since the start of the Betrayal League, and our community have been busy with not only exploring the new content this league has to offer, but also with expressing their talents in the form of fan art. For today's news post, we've picked several pieces of fan art created by our players over the last month, including digital art and painting, hand made, music and video entries.
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New Oriath-themed Microtransactions
Jan 15, 2019, 7:28:12 PM
We've just introduced several new microtransactions designed in Oriath style, including three shield skins and two pets. Click here to check them out in the store.
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Development Plan for 2019
Jan 15, 2019, 5:30:19 PM
With most of the team back and rested from their various holidays over the New Zealand summer, we wanted to give you an update on what the plan is for Path of Exile's development for this year.
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Hideout Competition Highlights
Jan 14, 2019, 6:33:16 PM
We're continuing to showcase the highlights of our ongoing Hideout Competition. For this news post we've compiled several hideouts submitted by our participants into a video. Click here to check it out!
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The Stygian Mirage Archer Effect
Jan 13, 2019, 9:10:10 PM
We're starting this week with a new cosmetic effect for the Mirage Archer support gem! The Stygian Mirage Archer Effect replaces the standard visual effect of the summoned Mirage Archer with a blue and black one. Check it out by watching this video or click here to get yours now.
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Betrayal Statistics
Jan 13, 2019, 7:12:20 PM
Every league we look at a range of statistics generated by Path of Exile players. These stats help us in a variety of ways to develop the future of Path of Exile, but we also just think they're interesting! Today we're revealing a wide range of different stats we've been tracking during the Betrayal league.
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